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I had always wanted to expose Orihuela Costa for what it was - an area requiring massive improvements, cleaning up and so on and as some will know, my photographs caused much controversy and some even appeared in the press back home.
Today, I had a really humbling experience and I shall change direction a lot.
Let me tell you about it.
My neighbour is a widow, probably into her late seventies and she came for a cup of tea with me. Her husband passed away perhaps two years ago. She obviously wanted to talk and so I let her. She is on a flat rate widow's state pension (or whatever it is called) and with tears in her eyes, she admitted that life had become a struggle for her. I then realised her little pension had been terribly hit by the fall in the value of the pound. She told me that she was seeking to take in washing and ironing for a few euros to supplement her falling income and to help out a bit. This is heart wrenching, it really is and my efforts will now change to supporting my dear old neighbour who should not have to struggle at this time in her life.
Reading one or two other things here and on other websites, I realise that perhaps this Christmas, we should look around at some of our elderly neighbours and perhaps share a few days with them and help them out. That would be the true meaning of Christmas and not going beserk in the shops - as though any of us on UK sterling incomes can afford to do that right now.
I am not prepared to see my neighbour suffer. Nor should we complain about the lack of television either. There are more important things in life.
Today, I had a really humbling experience and I shall change direction a lot.
Let me tell you about it.
My neighbour is a widow, probably into her late seventies and she came for a cup of tea with me. Her husband passed away perhaps two years ago. She obviously wanted to talk and so I let her. She is on a flat rate widow's state pension (or whatever it is called) and with tears in her eyes, she admitted that life had become a struggle for her. I then realised her little pension had been terribly hit by the fall in the value of the pound. She told me that she was seeking to take in washing and ironing for a few euros to supplement her falling income and to help out a bit. This is heart wrenching, it really is and my efforts will now change to supporting my dear old neighbour who should not have to struggle at this time in her life.
Reading one or two other things here and on other websites, I realise that perhaps this Christmas, we should look around at some of our elderly neighbours and perhaps share a few days with them and help them out. That would be the true meaning of Christmas and not going beserk in the shops - as though any of us on UK sterling incomes can afford to do that right now.
I am not prepared to see my neighbour suffer. Nor should we complain about the lack of television either. There are more important things in life.
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